We had some more light rain overnight which had stopped by the time we got up and the day was starting out quite warm.
As it appeared it was going to be a clear day, we went with Davina & Roy to visit St Mary's lighthouse on the tiny St Mary's Island just off the coast.
The lighthouse is on a small island at the north of Whitley Bay and is linked to the coast by a short path, submerged during the high tide. Built in 1898, it remained operational up to 1984. Since then it has been operated as a visitor centre.
St Mary’s Lighthouse also has a small museum and café. The museum showcases the history of the site and also features information about the wildlife outside. The environment around the lighthouse provides a rich variety of marine life and resident or migrating birds. We saw a pair of Gannets flying by plus terns, kittiwakes, redshanks, cormorants, herons and starlings out on the rocks.
Roy and Mick couldn't get any volunteers to climb the 137 steps to the top of the lighthouse so they went up by themselves to admire a majestic panorama going from the North Yorkshire coast to the Cheviot Hills leaving the lazy ladies to chat below. Unfortunately the view was spoiled somewhat by the sea mist which had worsened since we had arrived.
When Roy and Mick came down we had a coffee at a nearby restaurant and then walked along the sea front where Bristol TV was laying out lights and cables for a TV production of show called Vera starring Brenda Blethyn.
We then did a tour of the area before returning home.
Before dinner we spent some time searching for and booking a cottage for a week in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland as our starting point for our Scottish adventure on August.3rd.
As it appeared it was going to be a clear day, we went with Davina & Roy to visit St Mary's lighthouse on the tiny St Mary's Island just off the coast.
The lighthouse is on a small island at the north of Whitley Bay and is linked to the coast by a short path, submerged during the high tide. Built in 1898, it remained operational up to 1984. Since then it has been operated as a visitor centre.
St Mary’s Lighthouse also has a small museum and café. The museum showcases the history of the site and also features information about the wildlife outside. The environment around the lighthouse provides a rich variety of marine life and resident or migrating birds. We saw a pair of Gannets flying by plus terns, kittiwakes, redshanks, cormorants, herons and starlings out on the rocks.
Roy and Mick couldn't get any volunteers to climb the 137 steps to the top of the lighthouse so they went up by themselves to admire a majestic panorama going from the North Yorkshire coast to the Cheviot Hills leaving the lazy ladies to chat below. Unfortunately the view was spoiled somewhat by the sea mist which had worsened since we had arrived.
When Roy and Mick came down we had a coffee at a nearby restaurant and then walked along the sea front where Bristol TV was laying out lights and cables for a TV production of show called Vera starring Brenda Blethyn.
We then did a tour of the area before returning home.
Before dinner we spent some time searching for and booking a cottage for a week in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland as our starting point for our Scottish adventure on August.3rd.
View of the causeway from the top of St Mary's lighthouse. All of the rocks and causeway are covered with water at high tide.
See the lighthouse?
St Mary's lighthouse. At high tide these rocks are all covered
Made us puff a bit
Lyn and Davina
Roy Mick and Davina. The children in the background were having fun searching for hermit crabs
See, Mick knows how to help with the washing up. And he didn't break anything.
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